Battle of Kursk

The Battle of Kursk was a World War II battle. It happened on 5 July to 23 August 1943 near Kursk, Russia. It was the biggest battle in history.

Battle of Kursk
Part of The Eastern Front of the European theatre of World War II
File:Battle of Kursk (map).jpg Map of the battle of Kursk
Date 5 July 1943 – 23 August 1943 Location Kursk, Soviet Union Result Soviet victory
Belligerents
Soviet Union	Nazi Germany

The Battle of Kursk, also called the Battle of the Kursk Salient, was a major World War II Eastern Front battle between the forces of Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union near Kursk in southwestern Russia during the summer of 1943, resulting in a Soviet victory.

Battle Of Kursk Media

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  German plan of attack. Coloured areas show the position on 4 July, arrows the planned direction of German attacks, broken lines the division between German army groups and Soviet fronts, and circled areas the approximate location of Soviet reserves.

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  Guderian being transported to the Eastern Front, 1943

• Bundesarchiv Bild 101I-022-2925-17, Russland, motorisierte Truppen.jpg

  A Raupenschlepper Ostcode: de is deprecated , designed in response to the poor roads of Russia, moves materiel up shortly before the Kursk offensive.

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  Zhukov with Ivan Konev, commander of the Steppe Front, during the Battle of Kursk

• Советские саперы у проволочного заграждения на Центральном фронте.jpg

  Soviet sappers of the Central Front stringing barbed wire, June 1943

• A Soviet machine gun crew during the Battle of Kursk

• M3 Lee lend-lease tanks at Kursk.

• VVS Ilyushin Il-2 ground attack aircraft during the battle of Kursk

• Bundesarchiv Bild 101III-Zschaeckel-206-35, Schlacht um Kursk, Panzer VI (Tiger I).jpg

  Troops of the Waffen-SS Panzer Division Das Reich with a Tiger I tank, in June 1943 before the battle

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  German Panzer IV and Sd.Kfz. 251 halftrack. June 1943